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Synonyms

buy out

British  

verb

  1. to purchase the ownership, controlling interest, shares, etc, of (a company, etc)

  2. to gain the release of (a person) from the armed forces by payment of money

  3. to pay (a person) once and for all to give up (property, interest, etc)

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noun

  1. the purchase of a company, esp by its former management or staff See also leveraged buyout management buyout

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buy out Idioms  

  1. Purchase the entire stock, business rights, or interests of a concern. For example, A rival store owner offered to buy out my grandfather, but he refused, [Late 1200s]

Example Sentences

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Burkle said he became aware of Anderson’s alleged wrongdoing in fall 2025 when Anderson attempted to buy out his share of the lobbying firm for $1 million.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 6, 2026

In 2021, he loaned $30 million to the Brooklyn Mirage to help keep the club’s lights on through the Covid-19 pandemic, and for Bildstein to buy out his old business partner.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026

If she were to pass before me under a tenants-in-common agreement, my assets would likely be exhausted trying to buy out her share.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 12, 2026

But Sale, whose co-owner Simon Orange sold his investment business for a reported £1bn in January 2025, could strike an agreement to buy out the final season of Kpoku's deal.

From BBC • Jan. 9, 2026

“I hope I can figure out how to spend all these tickets! I’ll probably have to buy out the whole prize counter!”

From "Trouble at the Arcade (The Hardy Boys: Secret Files, #1)" by Franklin W. Dixon

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